That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see red, and the next thing you know you're yelling or throwing something or hitting someone. At that time, begin to accept the fact that that's "enraged buddha." If you feel jealous, that's "jealous buddha." If you have indigestion, that's "buddha with heartburn." If you're happy, "happy buddha"; if bored, "bored buddha." In other words, anything that you can experience or think is worthy of compassion; anything you could think or feel is worthy of appreciation.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

My moods are continuously shifting like the weather.

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)

Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.

When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.